為了環保，現在買菜的時候一定會自己帶了購物袋。車子上也隨時都帶著袋子，隨時可以使用。

不過每次到了超市買菜，尤其是華人的超市都非常傷心。因為塑膠袋不用錢，所以大家都還是選擇用超市提供的塑膠袋，有時候還看到一次刷刷刷的拉下十幾個袋子來用。

今天下午到超市買菜，結賬時我把環保袋放在counter 上時，放眼望去，除了我，沒有一個人是自己帶袋子的。覺得自己好像少數民族。實在蠻難過的。

不過還是堅持做個少數民族，只是希望可以很快的看到改變。為了我們的下一代。

這是找到的一些數字和圖片，真的很可怕。。。

Plastic Bag Consumption

• Year that plastic grocery bags were introduced at supermarkets¹:   1977
• Estimated number of all types of plastic bags used each year, world-wide²:   4,000,000,000,000
• Number of plastic shopping bags used each year, in the US alone³:   14,000,000,000
• Percentage of plastic bags returned for recycling²:   1
• Annual cost to US retailers for giving away "free" bags:   $4,000,000,000
• Barrels of oil required for US annual plastic bag consumption⁴:   12,000,000
• Number of marine animals killed each year due to plastic bags⁵:   100,000
• Average number of pieces of plastic in each square mile of ocean⁶:   46,000